Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive whole-class teaching resource, focused on the story After the Storm from the Year 4 November 2025 School Journal. Great as an addition to your structured literacy program. Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. After the Storm – School Journal Year 4 November…
This complete unit provides everything you need to systematically and explicitly teach four common prefixes (re-, un-, dis-, in-/im-) using an evidence-based, morphology-first approach. Built on the principles of the Science of Reading, this resource uses a Structured Literacy framework, moving beyond memorisation to build deep, transferable skills by focusing on word parts. Focus…
This resource is designed to give students extra fluency practice. Project the slides on your classroom projector or TV, and you are ready to go! A full teacher script is built into the slides to help guide you through the resource. The words used in this fluency resource are aligned to the scope and…
Enhance your students’ reading comprehension and knowledge of NZ history content with this comprehensive resource, focused on Valley of the Whales from the Level 4 June 2023 School Journal. This teaching tool is great as an addition to your structured literacy program. It engages students in deep comprehension strategies, vocabulary building, grammar, syntax, sentence…
Manu o te Wiki: Bird of the Week Reading Activities In this reading task for students working at phase two: year 4, 5 and 6; we have included: 5 x slideshows, each with their own Manu o te wiki and activities for each PowerPoint slideshows and Google Slides included 5 x worksheets for students…
This resource is a comprehension, discussion and activity guide to accompany the novel Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War by T K Roxborogh. This novel combines elements of Māori mythology with a modern setting and explores themes of family, friendship, bravery, and environmental awareness.. It would suit upper primary or intermediate-aged students. The…
Enhance Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles Empower your students’ literacy skills with this whole class teaching structured literacy resource, tailored for teaching comprehension through The Art of Taiaha—a captivating article from the Level 4 June 2024 School Journal. This comprehensive resource integrates Science of Reading strategies, making it the perfect addition to your…
Boost Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles Empower your students with this comprehensive whole-class teaching resource, designed to enhance reading comprehension using proven Science of Reading strategies. Centred around The Extraordinary, Hidden World of Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae from the Level 3 June 2024 School Journal, this resource is an excellent addition to…
Ignite enthusiasm and build essential writing skills in your classroom with these writing prompts and structured activities. Covering the genres of narrative (writing to entertain), argument writing (writing to persuade), and informative writing (writing to inform), this resource includes engaging prompts, mentor texts, scaffolded materials, and graphic organisers for planning. Comprehensive teacher notes are also…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 3 August 2015. Our School Journal resource has everything you need to dive into the story and articles within this publication. Both a paper-based and digital option are included so you can use this in the way that suits…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 2 May 2015. Our School Journal resource has everything you need to dive into the story and articles within this publication. Both a paper-based and digital option are included so you can use this in the way that suits…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the NZ School Journal Level 4 May 2016. Our School Journal resource has everything you need to dive into the story and articles within this publication. Both a paper-based and digital option are included so you can use this in the way that suits…
The purpose of this resource is to explain the key women’s suffrage milestones in New Zealand from 1869 to the present day. This Women and the Vote resource features: Four timeline pages: key suffrage milestones from 1869 to the present day. These fit together to make one large timeline Reading Comprehension activity with…
We’ve put together a bundle of reading response activities for the 2019 NZ School Journals. This bundle has everything you need to dive into the story and articles within the May, August, and November 2019 Level 2, 3, and Level 4 School Journals. Both a paper-based and digital option are included so you can use…
This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers (year 4 – Year 8). It focuses on a fictional narrative about a trip to a shop and includes details about what the children bought and saw. Focus Phonemes and Graphemes: It has a particular focus on: digraphs: sh, ch, th, -ng and…
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